The victim, Amber Dawn Matthews, 23, was at the isolated home near Watonga helping a friend, Dreu Kopf, pack for a move the next day.

Wendell Arden Grissom was executed by lethal injection nearly two decades after he shot Amber Dawn Matthews in the head as she shielded her friends newborn baby ...

On Wednesday morning Amber Dawn Matthew’s loved ones and Survivor Dreu Kopf and her family shed tears at the clemency hearing for Wendell Grissom who was convicted of killing Matthews.

Survivors of the attack and the family of Amber Matthews, who was fatally shot in the home invasion, said Grissom’s execution finally brings them peace after two decades.

Survivors of deadly Oklahoma home invasion to attend execution: 'You shattered lives' Dreu Kopf was at home with her young daughters and dear friend Amber Matthews when Wendell Grissom barged in ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office advocated against clemency for Wendell Arden Grissom, who was convicted for the 2005 murder of 23-year-old Amber Dawn Matthews in Blaine County.

Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, rejected clemency for Wendell Arden Grissom, who was convicted in the 2005 death of Amber Dawn Matthews near Watonga.

The State of Oklahoma is set to carry out its first execution of 2025, with death row prisoner Wendell Grissom scheduled to be put to death on Thursday.

The victim, Amber Dawn Matthews, 23, was at the isolated home near Watonga helping a friend, Dreu Kopf, pack for a move the next day. Matthews was shot the first time in the back of the head while ...

Matthews was visiting her best friend, Dreu Kopf, in 2005, when she was shot multiple times after Grissom broke into Kopf’s home. Kopf, who made it out with eight bullet holes, and her two young ...